The FaithOfJesus2 Daily Devotional

Focus:

kjv@Revelation:14:12 @ Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

( FaithOfJesus thread begun by rRandyP )

Today's Verse:

kjv@Matthew:12:22-37

kjv@Matthew:12:22 @ Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb; and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

kjv@Matthew:12:23 @ And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

kjv@Matthew:12:24 @ But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

kjv@Matthew:12:25 @ And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand;

kjv@Matthew:12:26 @ And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

kjv@Matthew:12:27 @ And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.

kjv@Matthew:12:28 @ But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

kjv@Matthew:12:29 @ Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

kjv@Matthew:12:30 @ He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

kjv@Matthew:12:31 @ Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

kjv@Matthew:12:32 @ And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

kjv@Matthew:12:33 @ Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known b his fruit.

kjv@Matthew:12:34 @ O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

kjv@Matthew:12:35 @ A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things; and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

kjv@Matthew:12:36 @ But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

kjv@Matthew:12:37 @ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Today's notes:House Divided?

Context:

Before - nor hear His voice in the streets
After - non sign given but

What is man believing/doing?:

bringing a blind and dumb possessed man to Jesus
attempting to destroy Jesus in the public mind by associating His ability with Satan

What is making man to believe/do as he is doing?:

His fame previous of doing this
while it has yet to stop the procession of healings, it is causing many to wonder. The notion intends to put Jesus on the defensive and harnesses the common power of suspicion over the less common power of logic.

Notes:

Good tree is good fruit. The tree Pharisee is known to be rotted and corrupt, yet it is the fruit of this tree that the public is apparently heeding. How much weight in the matter does the fact that Jesus is healing and is relying upon the testimony of the witnesses of such wonders to do His talking actually have? For now less and less.

Key Messages:

What does this say about our present condition?

Suspicion is highly effective with us, even if logically refuted the callous lingers and swells. The seed of suspicion doesn't even have to be well thought out, it can be saturated with obvious contradiction and still come off publicly just as strong.
We feel it best to avoid the suspect all together than come to a firm conclusion either way as to the suspicions veracity.

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